India, July 23 -- The Mumbai Police on Thursday suspended a police driver and ordered an inquiry after a viral video allegedly showed him threatening student protesters with fabricated drug cases if they returned to demonstrations.

The policeman, identified as Pawan Sangle, was seen warning detained students that they would be implicated in false narcotics cases and spend the rest of their lives in jail if they took part in future protests.

The action comes amid demonstrations by supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) in Mumbai.

Pawan Sangle is a driver with the Mumbai Police's Motor Transport (MT) department and is currently posted at Sion police station. He was present at Shivaji Park as part of the team accompanying senior of...